How do Latvia’s peatlands fit into NATO’s frontline defense strategy? | DW News

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How do Latvia's peatlands fit into NATO’s frontline defense strategy? | DW News

Countries along NATO’s eastern borders are weighing wetlands as a frontline defense as fears of a potential Russian invasion are lingering.
In Latvia, the army aims to rewater drained peatlands that could serve as natural barriers along the Baltic Defense Line.

DW’s Grzegorz Szymanowski reports from near the Latvian border with Russia.

00:00 NATO allies look at wetlands as natural defenses
00:26 DW’s Grzegorz Szymanowsk near Latvia-Russia border
03:50 Marina Miron, defense analyst at King’s College London

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Date: November 18, 2025